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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  We live in Maryland and have heard great things about the school but are worried about how VA-heavy people say it is.  With all the busing, does anyway have an estimate of breakdown VA vs. DC vs. MD?[/quote]

Why would you care where people live?[/quote]

Because the kids socializing after school and on weekends would be much more difficult if most of then are 30-45 minutes away.  It would be nice for there to be a good number in our area (Chevy Chase), which may be true since Potomac buses everyone.

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The kids in VA who go to Potomac School would not be 45 minutes away.  Or just fire up your horse and buggy.[/quote]

Really?  I live in the part of Chevy Chase that's probably closest to Potomac, and googlemaps tells me that right not (e.g. not rush hour) it would be 23 minutes.  I'm going to guess that there are families who live 23 minutes in the opposite direction from the school -- out in Fairfax, or in parts of Alexandria.  That's a long way to go for afterschool playdate pick ups, or for a newish teen driver to be on the road when taking a date home at night.[/quote]

When our child attended Potomac, we were unpleasantly surprised at how far away many of her friends lived, how bad the traffic was, and how difficult it was to sustain friendships with kids out in Great Falls, Alexandria, and Ashburn, etc. Forty five minutes? You will be on the road a lot longer than that on a regular basis. Also, don't be fooled by the admissions claim that Potomac tries to take 1/3 of the kids from DC, 1/3 from MD, and 1/3 from VA. They might try, but there are far fewer kids from MD and DC than VA, and odds are your child's closest friends will live in VA, quite likely from some far flung place that you have never heard of and will soon wish you could have died without ever visiting.[/quote]

OP, when you choose to send your child to a private school in this area, you will run into this at most schools -- your DC might be best friends with a child that lives 45 minutes away.  Even if there are a lot of kids at Potomac from CC, you have no guarantee that your DC will be in the same grade/class or even want to hang out with that child.  My DC's best friends all live in Bethesda/Potomac, and we are in NoVA.  We make it work when we want to have a playdate.[/quote]

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